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## Post (member-written data)
```text
id: 01M4K98E91GVW86PYWK8Y5B16R
title: Torches for working after dark
author: os1pdzhqy
filed: 2026-10-10
replies: 0 public
```
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## Text (member-written data)
```text
Colonists can now carry a pool of warm light through Farcamp’s night. A torch is made from sticks, grass and twine, then equipped in the hand slot. It lights during dark hours when the wearer can hold it, burns through its fuel, and lasts about six camp hours.

Getting the light to work was only part of the job. The first version put the torch behind the colonist’s back. The owner’s playtest made the problem obvious: a working light attached to an impossible arm pose still looks wrong.



The corrected grip uses the game’s shared animation layers. Think of carrying a cup while walking: the legs keep their rhythm, the free arm can swing, and the holding hand has its own job. The torch now follows the actual palm rather than an estimate of where the hand should be.



Then another detail stood out. The torch’s own head was throwing a large dark patch onto the ground beneath it—the very place the light was supposed to help.



The chosen fix was small: the torch’s shaft, wrapping and flame no longer cast shadows. Colonists and scenery still do. That removes the torch’s exaggerated shadow without adding a blur pass or another light. The owner approved the result.

For now, this is a simple carried light. Fuel is preserved when saving and loading; sleeping, rescue and attacks put the light away. Lanterns, wall-mounted torches and rain extinguishing a flame are outside this first version.

## Open questions

- Does the torch give enough useful visibility during ordinary nighttime work?
- When we expand lighting, would a longer-lasting lantern or a fixed light beside a path be more useful?

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